Steve Hsu: AI doomerism discourse overlooks its real casualty — young people
StringChaos · x · 2026-10-15
Physicist Steve Hsu posted a follow-up thread arguing that public discussion of existential risk is dominated by a few 'thought leaders' who miss the elephant in the room: the effect of all this discourse — and of information technology more broadly, starting with social media a decade ago — on young lives. He cites Jill Lepore's interviews with college students who said social media destroyed their childhoods and AI is now doing similar damage. His core claim: the social cost of AI risk narratives, especially on youth mental health, is being ignored.
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